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    Nigerian businesswomen

    Summit seeks more role for women in economic decisions, influence

    The Executive Women’s Summit has called for a shift from gender representation to greater participation, influence and economic authority for women in corporate organisations.

    OPINION

    The Black Queen of Hearts: Why Mia Mottley captures the global spirit

    For Africa and its diaspora, Mottley now represents something larger than the politics of Barbados.

    What shall we do about South Africa?

    A mob is a failure of policing. A death in custody is the state performing the violence itself, in a building, on a record, with a docket number.

    What Nigeria loses as Tinubu skips UNGA yet again

    If Africa remains central to Nigeria’s foreign policy, the UN cannot be peripheral.

    Vice President Shettima’s United Nations General Assembly Speech (A Rejected Draft)

    For those of you who have approached me since I arrived to ask whether everything is alright with my president, let me assure you that all is well.

    Deaths that have become ordinary

    The citizens who died in Odigbo were not numbers. Neither were the 37 people who died in Niger.

    Tinubu finally solves his Chicago problem

    Sometimes, the best diplomatic strategy is simple: don’t show up.

    World

    Flydubai plane

    Flydubai plane to Israel diverted to Saudi Arabia as co-pilot stabs captain mid-flight

    A Flydubai plane carrying about 150 people from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after pilots engaged in a brawl.

    Africa

    AfDB building

    Benin secures €500 million in international financing with ADF support

    Benin secured €500 million in international bank financing, supported by the African Development Fund, to facilitate priority investments in several sectors including education.